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Multi-generational office environments are now the norm, and although many entrepreneurs have written favorable articles about integrating the millennial workforce, Generation Y is still associated with entitlement, laziness and an overdependence on technology.

Guardian reporter Aisha Gani released a trending article yesterday titled “Millennials at work: five stereotypes – and why they are (mostly) wrong,” as part of the series The Trials of Generation Y. Gani addresses “playbour” (work that feels like leisure or play), a lack of security and why this generation’s biggest critics might be themselves:

It’s no secret that most job descriptions are awful. They make the hiring company sound boring and the work tedious.

This could be a real problem for employers when they try to hire Generation Y Millennials. While some managers and recruiters arefed up with the stereotypically whiny and self-entitled “Trophy Kids,” Generation Y is predicted to comprise nearly 75 percent of the world’s workforce by 2025, according to a study by the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation. Companies will eventually be fighting for the best of them, so start using the job description to court talented millennials.